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how to use Web 2.0 Tools
By
Prof. Jonathan Acuña-Solano, M. Ed.
School
of English
Faculty of Social Sciences
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
Sunday,
April 3, 2016
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On the web a lot different kind of
information can be spotted, some of which has a tremendous value for
professional development. For those who are autonomous learners, Russell
Stannard’s Teacher
Training Videos (TTV) are the door to get a whole lot to
learn and then experience with Web 2.0 tools that can be used in higher
education.
Among
the gamut of videos that Stannard has to train learners, one about Edmodo caught my eye. In spite of the
fact the we faculty members at the university where I work do use a Moodle
platform, this virtual learning space is an institutional content management
system (CMS) students do not have access after finishing their major. Moreover,
once a course is finished and the quarter is over, the virtual classroom is
disabled; neither do students nor the teacher have access to information that
was posted nor the projects that were uploaded. Edmodo
could be a way out to have students experiment with a different CMS and learn
to use it for their future teaching endeavors.
What
I have in my mind for this tool is to engage students in also uploading their
projects on this platform, so they can refer to them later on in their teaching
careers. As it can be seen in the snapshot above, as an instructor I can create
a new group, manage it, design an assignment, quiz students, poll them, etc. It
is a very complete platform though it is a free one.
I see my pre-service students creating
their own virtual classroom at Edmodo.
Since most of my learners during their Teaching Practicum do not have a place
to store information for their courses in high schools, learning how to work
with this platform can help them provide students with more than simply classroom
instruction. Now they can create their own content, put it online, make it accessible
for their learners, grade them, make their classrooms flipped, and enjoy their
student learning beyond comparison.
I would have my pre-service learn how
to create their course or courses at Edmodo.
Then, I would like to have their other Teaching Practicum partners see the
results of their activity in the platform to evaluate their teaching performance
and student learning. No doubt this free platform can give my ELT university
students room to improve in their electracy skills and competences.
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